Senior Quality Assurance Engineering Lead

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior Quality Assurance Engineering Lead based in India.

This role offers the opportunity to lead quality engineering initiatives within a mission-driven technology environment focused on building reliable and impactful digital products. The position combines hands-on testing expertise, automation strategy, and quality leadership to improve software delivery across engineering teams. You will collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and technical leaders to identify risks, strengthen processes, and ensure high-quality releases. The role provides ownership of QA strategy, test execution, automation improvements, and continuous quality optimization. You will mentor QA professionals, promote best practices, and contribute to a culture of accountability, innovation, and technical excellence. This is an ideal opportunity for an experienced QA leader who enjoys solving complex challenges and improving products used by diverse communities.

Accountabilities:: The Senior Quality Assurance Engineering Lead will own quality initiatives for assigned product areas, ensuring effective testing strategies, reliable releases, and continuous improvement of QA practices. Key responsibilities include:

Defining and executing QA strategies, test plans, test coverage, and release-readiness assessments for product areas.

Partnering with product managers, developers, and technical leads to analyze requirements, identify risks, and establish appropriate testing approaches.

Creating risk-based test strategies that balance customer impact, technical complexity, timelines, and delivery priorities.

Leading manual, API, integration, regression, exploratory, and automated testing activities across web applications and services.

Supporting the design, development, maintenance, and improvement of test automation frameworks and regression suites.

Monitoring CI/CD test automation results, investigating failures, and collaborating with engineering teams to resolve issues.

Mentoring QA engineers through technical guidance, test reviews, debugging support, and knowledge sharing.

Tracking QA progress, risks, dependencies, and delivery constraints while communicating updates clearly to stakeholders.

Improving QA processes, tools, metrics, and workflows to increase team efficiency and product quality.

Exploring AI-assisted testing approaches for activities such as test generation, requirement analysis, debugging, and automation enhancement.

Supporting cross-functional quality initiatives and contributing to defect analysis, root-cause identification, and preventive actions.

Requirements:

The ideal candidate will have strong software quality assurance experience, technical expertise in automation, and the ability to lead quality initiatives across engineering teams. Required qualifications and skills include:

Strong experience in software QA, including functional, integration, regression, exploratory, and release testing.

Proven experience leading QA activities for products, projects, or engineering teams.

Solid understanding of test strategy, risk-based testing, impact analysis, defect management, and release validation.

Practical experience with web and API automation tools such as Playwright, Cypress, Selenium, or similar technologies.

Knowledge of automation frameworks, CI/CD pipelines, test execution processes, and troubleshooting automated test failures.

Ability to collaborate effectively with product, engineering, and technical stakeholders to resolve quality and delivery challenges.

Strong analytical skills with the ability to break down complex features into clear testing requirements and estimates.

Excellent communication skills with the ability to clearly present risks, progress updates, and recommendations.

Experience mentoring QA engineers and supporting team development.

Interest in emerging QA technologies, automation practices, and AI-assisted software testing workflows.

Ability to adapt quickly, take ownership, and manage priorities in a fast-paced environment.

Experience with SaaS platforms, reporting/data products, or education technology is a plus.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Benefits:

The role offers a comprehensive benefits package designed to support professional development, wellbeing, and long-term career growth. Benefits include:

Competitive compensation package.

Health insurance coverage.

Accident insurance and life insurance benefits.

Retirement savings plan.

Paid annual leave and paid holidays.

Paid parental leave and support for important life events.

Paid year-end holiday break.

Work-from-home support funds and wellbeing programs.

Professional growth opportunities through learning resources and development initiatives.

Opportunity to work with a global, collaborative, and innovative technology team.

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